EP1000765A3 - Ink ribbon cartridge - Google Patents

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EP1000765A3
EP1000765A3 EP00103936A EP00103936A EP1000765A3 EP 1000765 A3 EP1000765 A3 EP 1000765A3 EP 00103936 A EP00103936 A EP 00103936A EP 00103936 A EP00103936 A EP 00103936A EP 1000765 A3 EP1000765 A3 EP 1000765A3
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ink ribbon
ribbon cartridge
extending
gripped
hand
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Shingo c/o Brother Kogyo K.K. Ito
Yoshikatsu c/o BROTHER KOGYO K.K. Kameyama
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Brother Industries Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP86998A external-priority patent/JPH11192756A/en
Priority claimed from JP01704298A external-priority patent/JP3724166B2/en
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Publication of EP1000765A3 publication Critical patent/EP1000765A3/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/28—Detachable carriers or holders for ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/22—Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material
    • B41J17/24—Webs supplied from reels or spools attached to the machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/32—Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism

Abstract

An ink ribbon cartridge (24) comprising a frame having a first side (52), a second side (53), a third side (35b), and a fourth side (35a), the first side and the second side both extending in a widthwise direction and having supporting portions, the third side and the fourth side extending between the first side (52) and the second side (53) in a lengthwise direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction, wherein the third side (35b) having an upper surface from which a member (35c) protrudes upward such that the ink ribbon cartridge (24) can be gripped by the hand of a user, and a pair of tubes (40,41) extending in the lengthwise direction and supported by the supporting portions at either end, the third side (35b) having an outer side surface formed with an indented portion (35d) opposite said member (35c)which can be gripped by the hand of a user together with said member.
EP00103936A 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge Withdrawn EP1000765A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP86998 1998-01-06
JP86998A JPH11192756A (en) 1998-01-06 1998-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge
JP1704298 1998-01-29
JP01704298A JP3724166B2 (en) 1998-01-29 1998-01-29 Ink ribbon cartridge
EP99300072A EP0931672B1 (en) 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge

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EP99300072A Division EP0931672B1 (en) 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge

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EP1000765A2 EP1000765A2 (en) 2000-05-17
EP1000765A3 true EP1000765A3 (en) 2000-08-02

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EP99300072A Expired - Lifetime EP0931672B1 (en) 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge
EP00103936A Withdrawn EP1000765A3 (en) 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge

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EP99300072A Expired - Lifetime EP0931672B1 (en) 1998-01-06 1999-01-06 Ink ribbon cartridge

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EP (2) EP0931672B1 (en)
DE (1) DE69924542T2 (en)

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DE69924542D1 (en) 2005-05-12
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US6623192B1 (en) 2003-09-23
DE69924542T2 (en) 2006-02-23
US6257780B1 (en) 2001-07-10

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